Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin: Volume 10: Chapter 8 (370): [The Future is Collapsing into One]

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Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin
Volume 10: [Breaking Through with Force]
Chapter (370): [The Future is Collapsing into One]
(8th of Volume 10)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The Origin Land, in the quiet room of Yuan's cave dwelling.

A towering figure sat cross-legged, his form as immovable as a pillar supporting the infinite Hunyuan Space.

Around him, tangible manifestations of various 'Great Daos' were also swirling.

Some coiled like divine dragons around his arms, while fiery phoenixes circled through his hair.

Some radiant mist flowed from his mouth and nostrils, and countless universes bloomed across the surface of his skin...

"Lord, the Seventh Wind Line of the Po-Xun World Cluster has fallen..."

"Lord, the Chang-Qiu Origin World has been breached, and its origin essence has been devoured..."

"Lord, the Bing Feng Faction has invaded our Chun-Wei World Cluster. I attempted to repel them, but a terrifying existence from their Bingfeng faction took action and struck down my combat clone."

"So far, the Bingfeng Faction has seized twelve of our world clusters- and they show no signs of stopping!"

Informations poured in relentlessly one after another.

Yuan, as the first Lord of the practitioner faction, has extremely deep experience, and unfathomable depth of his cultivation makes him very suitable for managing the entire territory.

Though the faction are nominally divided and managed by each of the seven Lords, but most critical decisions of the entire faction are generally decided by Yuan.

Only matters of utmost importance required collective deliberation of the seven lords.

Amidst the flood of reports, Yuan calmly issued orders one after another.

Slowly, he opened his eyes- within them, time and space flickered between creation and destruction while thunder and flames churned.

"With our faction suppressed by the Innate Hunyuan Lifeforms, even other forces dare to take advantage of the opportunity to take a bite out of us." Yuan was quite angry and frustrated, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, in the infinite Hunyuan Space, the seven practitioner Lords were formidable and difficult to deal with, but so were the other factions, equally difficult to deal with.

Any power with a seat in the Eternal Land was not to be trifled with- especially those unbound, deathless existences!

They took the opportunity to annex the resources of the practitioner faction, and Yuan was naturally very troubled.

Under normal circumstances, the seven Lords were enough to force such beings to flee in panic.

But with the Innate Hunyuan Lifeforms pressing down, the lords could no longer spare the strength.

"We simply don't have enough Lords."

"The reason the Innate Hunyuan Lifeforms reign as the supreme faction is solely because they have over hundred Hunyuan Ancestors." Yuan thought.

Just then-

"Practitioner Luo Feng has comprehended the 97th World-Class Hunyuan Bloodline."

This piece of information was inconspicuous to Yuan, among the torrent of reports.

"He has already comprehended 97?" Yuan has begun to pay attention.

Being able to comprehend 97 World-Class Hunyuan Bloodlines was no small feat.

Among the current seven Lords, five had first refined Origin Worlds to become Origin World Sovereigns, leveraging their elevated perception and comprehension to grasp a Hunyuan Realm Dao.

The remaining two- Lord Xing Mang and Lord Naigu- are practitioners of the Fusion Path, and they have both comprehended the World-Class Hunyuan Bloodlines for a very long time.

Lord Naigu, before transcending the cage, had comprehended 397 kinds of world-class Hunyuan bloodlines.

And Lord Xing Mang, before transcending the cage, had comprehended 512 kinds of world-class Hunyuan bloodlines.

However, both had one thing in common: back then, the practitioner faction's recorded World-Class Hunyuan Bloodlines were far fewer- less than half of today's repository.

"In history, among the Practitioners of Fusion Path, only Xing Mang and Naigu was able to comprehend more than a hundred world-class Hunyuan bloodlines before transcending the cage." A spark of anticipation ignited within Yuan.

The place where Luo Feng was currently in seclusion was under a million-fold time acceleration, his comprehension speed of world-class Hunyuan bloodlines were staggering.

"Practitioner Luo Feng has comprehended the 100th World-Class Hunyuan Bloodline."

"Practitioner Luo Feng has comprehended the 159th World-Class Hunyuan Bloodline."

"Practitioner Luo Feng has comprehended the 231st World-Class Hunyuan Bloodline."

At first, Yuan had merely glanced at Luo Feng's progress while managing other affairs.

Soon, however, Luo Feng's information took his priority- overshadowing all other reports.

"How is this possible? In just one epoch, he's gone from 43 to 231?" Yuan was a little shocked.

Even taking into account for time acceleration, mastering nearly 200 bloodlines in a million epochs was unheard of.

Yuan didn't immediately inform the other six lords.

At this moment, their main combat clones were currently locked in battle against 71 Hunyuan Ancestor-level beings!

On one side- the Hunyuan Ancestor-level existences were experienced, numerically superior, and tactically dominant, and they sought to crush a Lord's combat clone and force the remaining six into retreat completely.

On the other side- the seven Lords, wielding the essence of Dao, and the seven of them were cooperating with each other, held their ground while probing for a chance to slay a weaker Hunyuan Ancestor.

At their level, such battles could rage for thousands of epochs.

"300 World-Class Hunyuan Bloodlines."

"400."

"He has comprehended 513 kinds of world-class Hunyuan bloodlines?"

"He is now the among practitioner with the highest comprehension of the world-class Hunyuan bloodlines before transcending the cage in our faction's history!"

Excitement surged through Yuan, a rare excitement after years of stillness.

Yet Luo Feng surpassing Lord Naigu and Lord Xing Mang was not what excited him most- after all, their era had far fewer bloodlines recorded.

The most fundamental reason for his excitement was... the sheer speed!

Luo Feng's comprehension was like a raging tempest, obliterating every obstacle in its path. Not a single World-Class Hunyuan Bloodline could hold him back for long.

"600."

"800".

"1,000!" Yuan's eyes blazed with radiant light.

"In less than ten epochs- the actual time, under ten million epochs- the accelerated time-- he's comprehended so many World-Class Hunyuan Bloodlines? He must have grasped their fundamental essence!"

"What kind of essence could unify over a thousand World-Class Hunyuan Bloodlines?"

"Luo Feng... must have touched upon a supreme-level power!"

Immediately, Yuan sent a message to the other six Lords.

"Hold the line against these Hunyuan Ancestors. Buy as much time as possible,"  Yuan transmitted. 

"I have good news to tell you- our Practitioners' faction may soon welcome a new Lord!"

The Origin Land

All seven Lords had clones gathered here.

"A new Lord?"

The seven lords- Jin, Wulan, Minghuang, Naigu, Xingmang, Mo mang and Yuan were a little excited at this moment.

There was nothing they could do, it was just that the recent relentless attacks from the Innate Hunyuan Lifeform faction had left them battered, and opportunistic factions had only added to their frustration.

They had even begun to fear the worst- the complete collapse of the practitioner faction's territory.

Losing their domains would mean losing the foundation to nurture new practitioners. And worse- the extinction of countless lives.

Then it would be impossible to cultivate lords again!

"Luo Feng has already comprehended over a thousand World-Class Hunyuan Bloodlines?"

The six Lords were stunned.

"How long has he even been cultivating?" Lord Mo mang couldn't help but mutter.

"Roughly about 1,500 epochs, right? Even accounting for the actual time spent in seclusion, that's barely 1.5 billion epochs!"

"This time is too short!"

"Indeed, It's absurdly short," Lord Xing Mang said softly. 

"When I broke through with force and transcended the cage, it took me around 12 trillion epochs."

After suffering for an unfathomably long journey, the Lord Xing Mang finally grasped the Hunyuan Realm Dao of Space-Time.

"Xingmang, don't you have countless clones in the future?" Lord Jin pressed urgently.

"Hurry up and take a look ahead- see what Luo Feng's future holds!"

"I observed him not long ago," Lord Xing Mang said.

"Back then, out of 30 million possible futures, only nine of them showed the chances of him becoming a lord."

"But now..."

His countless future selves began scanning the timelines related to Luo Feng.

The future is vast, with infinite possibilities to explore- weaknesses of Hunyuan Ancestors, battle strategies, even the moves of rival factions.

But Luo Feng? He had been just a minor figure in Lord Xingmang's observations- until now.

"Hmm?"

Lord Xingmang's expression shifted slightly.

The other six Lords also around him all looked at the Lord Xing mang.

Among all beings in the infinite Hunyuan Space, Lord Xingmang alone possessed the ability to observe the past, present, and future with such clarity.

Although among the Hunyuan Ancestors, there are also those who are good at time and space. But even if they could be "resurrected" from the future, it would take a long time.

Thus from the slow resurrection, it can be seen that the attainment of even the most skilled Hunyuan Ancestors in time and space paled in comparison- their "resurrection" techniques were sluggish next to Lord Xingmang's mastery.

"What's wrong?" Lord Jin asked.

"Countless future timelines of Luo Feng... have collapsed and annihilated, all unified and constrained into one future," Lord Xingmang said, disbelief lacing his voice. 

"They're converging into a single possibility- Breaking Through with Force to transcend the cage."

"Out of the 30 million futures I observed, every single one now shows him attempting- and succeeding- in breaking through with Force Transcendence. Over 20 million timelines already confirm his success. The rest are still trying."

The six Lords stared at him, struggling to process the implications.

"The future is supposed to have many possibilities," Lord Jin muttered. 

"But his future has now begun to collapse and become one?"

The future may be collapsing rapidly into a possibility- but this is the reality that is about to be born!

Reality is locking into place.

And it can not be changed again!

There is no longer any other path.

"He must have already grasped the highest level of mysteries," Lord Minghuang said solemnly.

"Now, it's only a matter of time before he consolidates all insights into a Hunyuan-Realm Dao."

"Such monstrous comprehension?" Lord Wulan grumbled. 

"Even after becoming an Origin World Sovereign, it took me 500 trillion epochs to reach Lordship. And he's done it in a fraction of that?"

Lord Xingmang's gaze swept over the six lords.

"Luo Feng's future is solidifying. And his fate... is now shaping the future of our entire practitioner faction."

Yuan and the other Lords listened intently.

When the sole observer of infinite futures spoke, his words carried unfathomable weight.

"I will immediately reinforce Luo Feng's cave residence with formations, leveraging the Origin Land's power to maximize his time acceleration," Lord Xingmang said.

"From this moment onwards, our war strategy shifts to delaying tactics- prolong the conflict until Luo Feng completes his breakthrough."

"Once he transcends the cage through force... the tide of this war will be changed."

"Okay!" The six Lords responded as one.

The prospect of a new comrade- and a reversal of their desperate situation- filled them with unshakable resolve.

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